B -- PROMOTING YOUTH RESPONSIBILITY IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH -- REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS!!

Notice Date

May 22, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Agency for International Development, M/OP/G/PHN, Office of Procurement, Room 7.09-145, Washington, DC 20523-7101

ZIP Code

20523-7101

Solicitation Number

M/OP-01-812!!

Response Due

June 18, 2001

Point of Contact

Contact Georgia Fuller, Tel: 202/712-0551, Fax: 202/216-3132, E-mail: gfuller@usaid.gov, Agreement Officer, Emmanuel Atsalinos, Tel: 202/712-1039, E-mail: matsalinos@usaid.gov!!

E-Mail Address

Agreement Officers (gfuller@usaid.gov or matsalinos@usaid.gov!!)

Description

The U.S. Agency for International Development intends to competitively award a five-year cooperative agreement for Promoting Youth Responsibility in Reproductive Health, which will build on the work of FOCUS, which expires November 6, 2001. Youth have a significant impact on achieving national and global health and population goals, and young people are therefore key to achieving USAID's goal of stabilizing world population and improving human health. G/PHN's strategic plan and results framework do not explicitly mention youth. However, youth are crucial for achieving G/PHN objectives of preventing unintended and mistimed births; reducing maternal mortality; and preventing and mitigating the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Efforts by this new activity to promote more responsible behaviors among youth, including delaying sexual initiation, will directly contribute to the following G/PHN SOs: SO 1: Increased use by women and men of voluntary practices that contribute to reduced fertility; SO 4: Increased use of improved, effective and sustainable responses to reduce HIV transmission and to mitigate the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The new youth activity will also contribute to a lesser extent to G/PHN's SO 2; SO 2: Increased use of key maternal health and nutrition interventions. This new youth activity will work to achieve the following three results: Result 1: Community and Political Support for Youth RH Programs Increased, Result 2: Knowledge, Attitudes and Skills relating to Healthy Reproductive Practices Improved, and Result 3: Access to Quality RH Products and Services for Youth Expanded. Please refer to the Request for Applications (RFA) and the Program Description for a complete statement of the goals and expected results. Pursuant to 22 CFR 226.81, it is USAID policy not to award profit under assistance instruments. However, all reasonable, allocable, and allowable expenses, both direct and indirect, which are related to the grant program and are in accordance with applicable cost standards (22 CFR 226, OMB Circular A-122 for non-profit organization, OMB Circular A-21 for universities, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 31 for-profit organizations), may be paid under the grant. Subject to the availability of funds, USAID intends to provide approximately $85.0 million in total USAID funding to be allocated over the five year period. This constitutes 75% of total program costs. The other 25% is expected to be covered by recipient cost sharing (i.e. $28.3 million. USAID reserves the right to fund any or none of the applications submitted. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet. The RFA can be downloaded from the USAID web site. At the Homepage, select "Business and Procurement Opportunities", then "USAID Procurements", and on the following screen, select "Download Available USAID Solicitations." Receipt of this RFP through INTERNET must be confirmed by written, e-mail or faxed (202-216-3132) notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this RFA to ensure that it has been received from INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. The RFA was posted to http://www.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/solicitation/ on May 7, 2001, and closes on June 18, 2001. *****

Web Link

USAID's CBD Notice Site (http://www.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd)

Record

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